Can't Touch.

[desert ashes]

Can't Touch


You're such a forbidden love
fated to be so far away,
the unlikely herald of
too many unresolved emotions
causing undying chaos.
I helplessly pray to remember
the foreignness of wanting you,
of needing you,
craving you.

Can't touch.  Can't touch.

Memories so scared and burnt
flood my pained vision every
time I close my eyes.
Your heart was never
meant to be mine --
no more, never more
than the lingering dream,
than a whispered wish to remain unfilled,
than the caress of friendship
that hurts to live through.

Can't touch.  Can't touch.

I'm screaming and crying.
Let me go. Let me breathe.
Please leave my heart alone now;
please end the soul's ruminations
and let me heal.

You've always been my hero,
but I can't hide behind you anymore --
you can't save me from the truth.

Can't touch.  Can't touch.

All I can hear you say is,
"I wish you were here with me."
I'm trying so hard to pretend
that we don't belong together,
that the yearning inside will
fade away to a distant reverie.

My heart cannot believe otherwise --
cannot begin to dream you're different.

Can't touch.  Can't touch.